mercurial
发音
英 [mɜ:ˈkjʊəriəl]
美 [mɜrˈkjʊriəl]
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- adj.
- (指人)反复无常的
- 水银的
- (指人或性质)灵活的
- 易变的
单词词源
mercurial 水银的,多变的
来自mercury,水银。即水银的,引申词义像水银一样流动的,多变的。
双语例句
- 1. What the mercurial mr kim offers leads nowhere .
- 活泼善变的金正恩所承诺不一定会有什么结果。
- 2. It is hard , when it comes to this mercurial president , to disentangle conviction from opportunism .
- 一旦涉及这位善变的总统,就很难把坚定的信仰从投机主义中分离出来。
- 3. She has been a steady and successful finance minister , no mean feat with a boss as mercurial as nicolas sarkozy .
- 作为财政部长,她在法国多届内阁中职位稳定、成绩斐然,跟着尼古拉萨科齐这样善变的老板,这也着实不易了。
- 4. Despite his relative youth , the 78-year-old police chief is said to suffer from severe diabetes , wobbly knees and a famously mercurial temperament .
- 尽管他相对年轻,但据说这位78岁的警察局长患有严重的糖尿病,双膝颤抖,性情非常善变。
- 5. One is a hard-working pragmatist , the other a mercurial idealist .
- 一个是不辞辛劳的实用主义者,另一个是反复无常的自由主义者。